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Press Release
Aug 19, 2013
Former Defense Department Executive Christine Fox Joins Applied Physics Lab’s National Security Analysis Team
Christine Fox, who until recently served as Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., as a principal technical advisor.
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Press Release
Aug 14, 2013
Researchers Discover Quantum Algorithm That Could Improve Stealth Fighter Design
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have devised a quantum algorithm for solving big linear systems of equations.
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Press Release
Jul 23, 2013
NASA’s Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISON
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.
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Press Release
Jul 15, 2013
Comet ISON Observer’s Workshop Set for Aug. 1–2
A workshop will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., on Aug. 1–2, 2013, to maximize the scientific opportunities and data gathered during the upcoming visit to our solar system by Comet ISON.
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Press Release
Jul 1, 2013
Johns Hopkins APL Releases Open-Source Electronic Disease Surveillance Software
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) have released the Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES), a collection of flexible, open-source software products developed for electronic disease surveillance in all settings.
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Press Release
Jun 27, 2013
At the Solar System’s Edge, More Surprises from NASA’s Voyager
Data from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft continue to provide new insight on the outskirts of our solar system, a frontier thought to be the last that Voyager will cross before becoming the first man-made object to reach interstellar space.
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Press Release
May 22, 2013
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Receive Best Medical Paper Award at International Robotics Conference
Mike Kutzer and Mehran Armand, of APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department, along with postdoctoral fellow Matt Moses and Johns Hopkins graduate student Hans Ma, won for “A Continuum Manipulator Made of Interlocking Fibers,” covering their work on a novel approach to continuum manipulators with controllable stiffness.
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Press Release
May 16, 2013
Johns Hopkins APL Plays Key Role in Test of Second-Generation Aegis BMD Missile Defense System
Today, engineers from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., contributed to the successful test of a system critical to the U.S. effort to protect against growing regional ballistic missile threats.
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Press Release
May 15, 2013
Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn’s Moon Titan
Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn’s moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in the solar system.
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Press Release
May 13, 2013
APL Recognizes Top Inventions, Researchers and Papers
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) recognized its top inventions, publications and researchers from 2012 in its first spring Technical Achievement Awards ceremony, held May 1 in the Kossiakoff Center on APL’s Laurel, Md., campus.